Project Management

Project Management and Material Handling

Bastian Material Handling’s project management team has a vast experience in a wide variety of industries to make sure your project is a success. Bastian provides smartly designed, cost effective integrated material handling systems that are focused on meeting your business objectives. Our business is the research, design, engineering, installation, system commissioning, and training throughout the whole project. Bastian’s project managers are responsible for all aspects of your project and we work closely with the leading equipment manufacturers to make sure your system is operating at its maximum capability and effectiveness. From managing the schedule to ensuring the quality of installation at your site, our project manager is the single point of contact simplifying the whole process for you.

We minimize your risk and operational impact by providing a dedicated project manager on each and every project. By leveraging our experience in project management, we prevent problems before they arise. We use extensive Gantt charts and check lists to ensure no steps are missed and there is an extremely high level of quality control. Microsoft Project is typically used to track the progress of the project from conception to completion. A partial listing of tasks that the Project Manager facilitates includes:

Developing your detailed project schedule.
Verifying your system layout and taking field measurements.
Development of your functional specification and operational documents with Bastian.
Monitoring the performance of your project based on schedule milestones and managing all communication and reporting activities.
Providing the single point of communication between you and the Bastian team.
Managing and conducting all acceptance testing.
Providing and reviewing your recommended spare parts list.
Project closeout and final acceptance.

Project Management Bastian’s extensive experience with such efforts will ensure that you receive a true turn-key material handling system. By coordinating all the activities of the multiple organizations working to bring your project to completion, Bastian provides you with a single entity to which all concerns can be addressed. In addition, as issues arise, Bastian will act as the single contact for communicating project status and projected milestones. This value added service will minimize the effort required on your part and allow you to focus on your customers.

Bastian recommends that you assign a local project manager to ensure an integrated effort in all areas of analysis, review, final design, installation, training, testing, and acceptance. Our project management experience with similar projects has shown that customer ownership and involvement are key factors in the successful implementation of such systems.
Bastian prides itself on taking time to make sure your operators are comfortable during the transition period and your business and operational requirements are always kept foremost in our mind. We guarantee the highest quality of service and project management to meet your company’s requirements with the efficiency of labor, material, and equipment.